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HP Showcasing Performance, Scalability, Innovation At SC2003

HP, the No. 1 high performance technical computing provider, will be exhibiting Nov.17-21 at the Supercomputing Conference in Phoenix.

Leveraging its optimal balance of open standards technology and domain expertise, HP will be highlighting its latest high-performance technologies, software tools and solutions.

HP has a first-rate server lineup to provide the infrastructure for the most advanced and demanding supercomputing needs.

• HP Integrity Superdome servers, running on HP-UX, Windows and Linux, are the servers of choice to meet the challenging workload requirements of HPTC customers.
• New HP Integrity rx4640 4-way, HP Integrity rx7620 8-way and HP Integrity rx8620 16-way servers round out the industry's most extensive Itanium-based server line, spanning 2-way to 64-way systems, available with HP-UX, Linux and Windows.
• New HP ProLiant DL140 low-cost dual-processor servers, with 1u density, Intel Xeon performance and HP quality, an ideal server for HPTC clusters.
• New HP XC6000 and HP XC3000 Linux Clusters, based on HP Integrity rx2600 and HP ProLiant DL360 compute servers, using Intel Itanium 2 and Xeon processors, respectively, are fully integrated cluster systems designed to meet the most demanding scientific and engineering technical computing needs.
• HP High Performance Compute Cluster LC1000 and LC2000, based on HP ProLiant DL140 and DL360 compute servers, using Intel's IA-32 architecture, running Linux, integrated with qualified third-party and open source Linux software to provide complete Linux cluster solutions.

HP will also be demonstrating the following solutions at the booth:

• Lustre global file system for Linux: an open-source based storage management software system.
• Sepia scientific visualization: a cost-competitive, scalable visualization system for high-performance, scientific research and engineering applications.
• Mathematica for HP Itanium Linux
• Visual Numerics MCAE visualization with CEI and MSC Nastran on Itanium

HP and HP Labs will also be demonstrating a number of research and advanced development technologies for HPTC, in areas such as software development and Grid and planetary-scale computing.

Presentations

Live at the HP booth, 15-minute presentations will be delivered by customers, partners and HP HPTC experts on various topics, including:

• Linux clusters, HP-UX solutions and HPTC storage solutions
• Grid computing in HPTC
• High performance math libraries: HP's MLIB and Boeing's BCSLIB
• HP and Intel partnering in HPTC
• HP Labs research for HPTC
• HP Collaboration and Competency Network -- a forum to facilitate wide-ranging collaboration, innovation and competency sharing between HP and customers and partners. More information about the HP CCN is available at http://www.hp.com/go/collaboration.

In addition to exhibiting at booth #2813, HP will be hosting a number of other events:

Executive Briefing And Reception

An executive briefing, "Accelerating Innovation in High Performance Technical Computing," will be hosted by Winston Prather, vice president and general manager of HP's High Performance Technical Computing Division.

Date: Nov. 18, 5 p.m.
Reception to follow from 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Location: Hyatt Phoenix Hotel, Regency C Ballroom

In addition to Winston Prather, speakers scheduled to appear include: Nigel Barry, IT Architect at Airbus UK; Art Hale, director of computing and network services center 9300 at Sandia National Laboratory; and Marshall Peterson, CTO of Craig Venter Science Foundation.

HP Labs Events

A discussion on "Molecular Electronics: Vision and Status" will be hosted by Stan Williams, senior fellow and director of Quantum Science Research for HP Labs.

Date: Nov. 19, 3:30 p.m.
Location: Room 16-18, Phoenix Civic Plaza

Additionally, HP Labs Bristol is participating in the Supercomputing 2003 challenge - one of the largest and most distributed Grid tests ever done. The challenge is being coordinated by Rajkumar Buyya of the University of Melbourne.